EMC2016 Lyon France

The 16^th European Microscopy Conference, to be held in Lyon has now opened registration procedures, with early bird rates until 1 June. Held every four years since 2004 and this year organised by the French Society of Microscopy, EMC2016 will cover all kinds of microscopical techniques in both optical and electron microscopy. Organisers are looking to attract an increased number of visitors both from within the european microscopy community and also from outside Europe, making the EMC series a true actor in microscopy at the world scale.

There are 28 scientific sessions planned within the 3 main symposiums: Life Sciences, Instrumentation and Methods, Materials Science. The co-chairs of these sessions have contacted more than 80 invited speakers on the basis of their propositions and of suggestions from the EMC2016 Committees. We are also honoured that 5 internationally recognised scientists have already accepted to attend the conference and give plenary lectures. The programme will be completed by the technical exhibit; this event should be very successful according to the enthusiastic participation of our partners.

In parallel to this, EMC2016 will host the SCUR annual meeting and several specific workshops and round tables. It will also respect the tradition of the EMC Conference series by proposing pre-congress training sessions, which will be organised by research teams from Lyon, Grenoble and St-Etienne with the participation of well-recognised experts attending the Conference.
Promoting the participation of Young Scientists, the event is also supporting younger colleagues through a scholarship application process and special registration fees.

For further information visit www.emc2016.fr